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DIY - Feed Polly With Your Breadcrumbs

breadcrumb bird feeder

There's a DIY project (from Tasarim) making the rounds that's perfect for sharing your bread with your feathered friends. As you can see above, a simple wood shelf has large holes for the crumbs to fall in, which get collected, and directed down a tube that sails straight to a bird feeder.

I'm not entirely convinced that there are birds out there would you patiently wait below and not just fly up a little bit and peruse the board themselves, but this idea could still be handy in the kitchen, and for those who don't have hungry birds. Just make it into a larger crumb catcher. Cut slats into a simple board like that, and make a box base for it. Then you can easily and quickly collect all your scraps, and really make the use out of your bread. When you've got a bunch, just grind it into uniform breadcrumbs.

[via Serious Eats and Treehugger]

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Tags: bird feeder, BirdFeeder, breadcrumbs, crumb catcher, CrumbCatcher, DIY

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Bernie B

3-09-2009 @12:23PM Bernie B said... I'm all for innovation, but this seems silly. Nice pic though.
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ESC

3-09-2009 @12:41PM ESC said... gah! warning! no birdies in the kitchen!

aside from their tendency to poop everywhere, there are very dangerous things for them in the kitchen. Like non-stick pots, which can give off poisonous fumes when being heated on the stove.

interesting idea, but maybe best applied in a non-kitchen setting!
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Sarah

3-09-2009 @12:50PM Sarah said... I know I shouldn't...but I always leave stale bread and bread ends for our birds and squirrels. They love them and there isn't much better than watching them sit there eating away outside the window. It is snowing today - and the squirrels are cold looking :-(
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